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Effect of viscoelasticity on the nonlinear dynamic behavior of dielectric elastomer minimum energy structures

open access: yesInternational Journal of Solids and Structures, 2021
Dielectric elastomer minimum energy structure (DEMES) formed by clinging a pre-stretched dielectric elastomer (DE) membrane to the compliant frame possess both material and geometrical nonlinearity.
Aman Khurana   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Optimal energy-harvesting cycles for load-driven dielectric generators in plane strain

open access: yes, 2014
The performances of energy harvesting generators based on dielectric elastomers are investigated. The configuration is of a thin dielectric film coated by stretchable electrodes at both sides.
Bortot, E.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Parallelogram-shaped dielectric elastomer generators: Analytical model and experimental validation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Dielectric elastomers are smart materials that can be used to conceive solid-state electromechanical transducers such as actuators, sensors, and generators.
FONTANA, Marco   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Electromechanical coupled deformation analysis of a hyper-elastic dielectric membrane under combined pressure and electric loading [PDF]

open access: yesEPJ Web of Conferences
Dielectric elastomers are soft, lightweight, and highly deformable electroactive polymers that undergo large deformations when subjected to mechanical and electrical loading.
Kumar Nirmal   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dual sensing-actuation artificial muscle based on polypyrrole-carbon nanotube composite [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Dual sensing artificial muscles based on conducting polymer are faradaic motors driven by electrochemical reactions, which announce the development of proprioceptive devices. The applicability of different composites has been investigated with the aim to
Fernández Otero, Toribio   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Highly Sensitive Flexible Pressure Sensors Enabled by Mixing of Silicone Elastomer With Ionic Liquid-Grafted Silicone Oil

open access: yesFrontiers in Robotics and AI, 2021
Developing highly sensitive flexible pressure sensors has become crucially urgent due to the increased societal demand for wearable electronic devices capable of monitoring various human motions.
Zhaoqing Kang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Staggered Explicit-Implicit Finite Element Formulation for Electroactive Polymers

open access: yes, 2018
Electroactive polymers such as dielectric elastomers (DEs) have attracted significant attention in recent years. Computational techniques to solve the coupled electromechanical system of equations for this class of materials have universally centered ...
Park, Harold S.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Batch‐Sprayed and Stamp‐Transferred Electrodes: A New Paradigm for Scalable Fabrication of Multilayer Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, 2022
Multilayer dielectric elastomer actuators have a wide range of potential applications, but their development and commercial implementation have been hindered by existing manufacturing processes. Existing processes are low‐throughput, limited in area, and/
A. Cohen   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Optimization of dielectric elastomer wave power generation systems

open access: yesAcademia Materials Science
Power generation devices using dielectric elastomers have attracted attention as renewable energy devices because they are highly efficient, stackable, easy to install, and inexpensive.
Seiki Chiba, Mikio Waki
doaj   +1 more source

On the failure modes and maximum stretch of circular dielectric elastomer actuators

open access: yesMaterials Research Express, 2020
Dielectric elastomer actuators have been widely studied theoretically and experimentally thanks to its superior attributes such as large deformation.
Zezhou Li   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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